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1.00 Credits
In this course, we will focus on the ways in which Romantic writer re-configured many of the major tenets of European Enlightenment thought, focusing in particular on attitudes toward freedom an restraint, on the notion of the individual, on concepts of the will, and on the conception of individual identity in relationship to social process. We will read works by Voltaire, Goethe, Blake, Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Nietzsche, Ibsen, Thormas Mann, and Shaw. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
Using form as our jumping off point, we will examine the work of contemporary Irish and American poets in terms of conversations that seem to be happening both across the Atlantic divide and exclusively within either tradition. Looking at work by Seamus Heaney, C.K. Williams, Paul Muldoon, Galway Kinnell, Ciaran Carson, Jorie Graham, Michael Longley, Robert Hass, Eamon Grennan, and Charles Wright among others, we will consider the sorts of structures, traditional or otherwise, the poems seem to be inhabiting, and how the subject matter under consideration is determining the shape of that habitation. Rather than taking the poets up one by one, we will work out of compelling clusters of poems that seem to develop from a shared concern-responses to major shifts in history in the work of Heaney or Kinnell, attempts to wrestle with cultural identity in Williams or Muldoon, meditative dealings with the natural world in Wright and Longley, and so on. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800, or a course emphasizing cultural contexts. 1.00 units, Lecture
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In the wake of three blockbuster movies, J.R.R. Tolkien's position in popular culture is more robust than ever. His status within academia, however, remains a matter of sharp controversy. All but absent from college curricula, his works are still left mainly to readers of science fiction and fantasy novels. This course will reconsider his claims as a "serious" author. We will read, in its entirety, the fiction he published during his lifetime. In addition, we will consider him in a series of contexts: his influences, his times, our times. We will read him alongside his contemporaries: can the literature of his period be reconfigured to make a place for his work For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing cultural context. Prerequisite: For English majors, English 260 with a grade of C- or higher. 1.00 units, Lecture
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4.00 Credits
No Course Description Available. 4.00 units, Independent Study
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3.00 Credits
This seminar is designed to introduce students to the field of literary studies at the graduate level, to provide a perspective on varied critical vocabularies, and to explore the development of literary theories and methods from classical to contemporary times. Emphasis will be placed on a broad examination of the history and traditions of literary theory, the ongoing questions and conflicts among theorists, and practical applications to the study of works in literature. Students will write weekly, have opportunities to lead class discussion, and work in stages to compose a substantial critical essay based on research and the development of their own perspective on understanding and evaluating a literary text. (Note: English 401 and English 801 are the same course.) For the English graduate program, this course is required of all students and we recommend that entering students enroll in this course during their first year of graduate study. Open to undergraduates with Permission of Instructor. For undergraduate English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a literary theory course or an elective. 1.00 units, Seminar
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Navigating the Mississippi River, the Oregon Trail, or the Transatlantic crossing as well as constructions of race, class, and gender, American travel writers assert personal and national identity in their texts. Our exploration will begin with the quintessentially masculine figure of the traveler and then turn to women travel writers who question traditional femininity and African American and Asian American authors who challenge racism and social injustice. Finally, we will consider the perspective of the "natives" and their response to travel accounts written by tourists and colonists. We will also study the growing field of travel criticism and address issues of colonialism, globalization, and tourism. Authors may include: Mary Louise Pratt, Jamaica Kincaid, Herman Melville, Washington Irving, William Wells Brown, Nancy Prince, June Jordan and selected contemporary travel writers. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800 or a course emphasizing cultural context. Prerequisite: For English majors, English 260 with a grade of C- or higher. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
The period leading to the Civil War witnessed intense conflicts not only about slavery and race but about the spread of capitalism, restrictions on women's economic and social rights, the growth of cities, and a variety of other social issues. "Literature" in this period was seldom seen as standing apart from these issues. On the contrary, art, politics, and social issues were generally seen as heavily intertwined. In this course we will look at the relationships between a number of issues prominent in ante-bellum America and works of art which at once expressed ideas about such issues and helped shape responses to them. The AMISTAD affair will provide one instance; we will examine two or three others as well. 1.00 units, Seminar
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3.00 Credits
Aristotle defined Rhetoric over 2,000 years ago as "the art of discovering, in any given case, the available means of persuasion." This course is designed to introduce students to the theoretical traditions of this art of persuasion and its transmission from classical to contemporary times. We will test theory against practice as we examine multiple modes of expression in oral, print, and electronic cultures. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the effects of rhetorical action and interaction on the lives of communities, along with analyzing the dynamics of evolving social and structural concepts of author, audience, purpose, and genre-ranging from classical orations to personal essays to hypertext webs. Students will have an opportunity to experiment with as well as study genres of interest to them. This course is required of English master's students in the new concentration: writing, rhetoric, and media arts. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
In this course, students will examine the ways in which a series of books are in direct and indirect conversation with another. We will do so by reading several "classics" of 19th- and 20th-century American literature side-by-side with both contemporary and modern authors whose own work echoes or rewrites those "classics" in especially startling or suggestive ways. Given these concerns, we will be as interested in issues of continuity as we will be in matters of distinction. Another aim of this course will be to challenge insufficiently dynamic understandings of culture and the artificial barriers that have together served to separate "American literature" from various ethnic American and African American literatures. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800, or a course emphasizing cultural context. 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
In the past few decades, the teaching of writing has become subject to intense theoretical analysis and debate, and this course will explore the burgeoning field of composition studies. We will look first at the history of composition instruction in the United States from the 19th century to the present, and then examine the competing theoretical frameworks that currently inform the teaching of writing. We will read Mina Shaughnessy, James Berlin, Peter Elbow, David Bartholomae, Patricia Bizzell, and many others, considering the larger philosophical and political differences that are reflected in struggles over how writing should be taught. (Note: English 406 and English 891 are the same course.) For English majors, this course counts as an elective; for writing and rhetoric minors, it counts as a core course. For the English graduate program, this course counts as a core course for the writing, rhetoric, and media arts track; it counts as an elective for the literary studies track. 1.00 units, Lecture
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